Steven graduated Cum Laude from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Mass Communications, focusing on film studies, journalism and theatre arts. Dubbed a "prolific" writer by Hollywood icon Kenneth Johnson (The Incredible Hulk, V, The Bionic Woman, Alien Nation), Steven has been honored by the Arkansas College Media Association for his story writing prowess. He has also received recognition for his dramatic writing from the Eerie, Shriekfest and Screamfest horror film festivals. Publications include: Carroll County News, Saline Courier, Forum, Echo and Moroch.

OP-ED: The 2018 Oscars Nominations - A Facetious Love Letter to The Academy Morons.

Posted Wednesday, January 24, 2018, at 2:56 AM

The 2018 Academy Award nominations are here, but the Oscars organization has lost its mind.

Dear ignoramuses,

Get Out being considered for a Best Picture Academy Award is asinine. The film receiving a 99% Certified-Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes was ludicrous enough; watching the Golden Globes nominate it as a Best Motion Picture in the Musical or Comedy category was utterly hilarious. But The Academy has gone too far. Enough is enough.

What's so special about a movie that anyone, with even a minimal cinema studies education, can figure out in two seconds? Rose (Allison Williams) is clearly the baddie manipulating the situation! It can only be her! There's no mystery surrounding the film other than why audiences and critics continue to praise its bloated mediocrity.

And the now infamous scene where Walter (Marcus Henderson) sprints toward Chris (Daniel Kaluuya), before apparently veering off for a McDonald's, is heralded by so many as creepy. It's not eerie at all! It is one of the most doltish macabre movie moments ever.

The majority's infatuation with this average film - at best - is beyond comprehension. Get Out isn't even the best horror movie of 2017. Stephen King's "It" is far superior and M. Night Shamalan's Split is much more ominous and fascinating.

If by some stroke of unforgivable fate Get Out wins Best Picture, it would be more of a travesty than last year's ceremony debacle surrounding La La Land and Moonlight.

OP-ED: The 2018 Oscars Nominations - A Facetious Love Letter to The Academy Morons.

Dear ignoramuses,

And the now infamous scene where Walter (Marcus Henderson) sprints toward Chris (Daniel Kaluuya), before apparently veering off for a McDonald's, is heralded by so many as creepy. It's not eerie at all! It is one of the most doltish macabre movie moments ever.

The majority's infatuation with this average film - at best - is beyond comprehension. Get Out isn't even the best horror movie of 2017. Stephen King's "It" is far superior and M. Night Shamalan's Split is much more ominous and fascinating.

If by some stroke of unforgivable fate Get Out wins Best Picture, it would be more of a travesty than last year's ceremony debacle surrounding La La Land and Moonlight.

Sincerely,

Concerned.